Game carrier



March 10, 1964 A. CASTELLANOS GAME CARRIER Filed Oct. 9, 1961 INVENTOR. ALFO/VSO CASTELLANOS fMM i/A HIS A 7' TOR/VEVS United States Patent 3,124,285 GAME CARRIER Alfonso Casteilanos, 1555 Shortridge Ave, San Jose, Calif. Filed Oct. 9, 1961, Ser- No. 143,937 1 Claim. (Cl. 2247) This invention relates to game holders or carriers and more particularly to .a device of this kind adapted to suspend or attach dead game to a persons waist line belt.

The device embodying the present invention is suitable for carrying, in non use, within a pocket or bag and is quickly attached to ones belt with dead game hung in the noose. The user simply slips the neck of the animal or bird into a U-shaped noose and then inserts the two back or outermost legs of the unit behind his waist line belt.

It is an object of this invention to provide a simple yet effective game carrier which is economical to manufacture and highly efficient in use.

Another object is to provide a game carrier so constructed as to hang over a belt -'worn by the hunter to provide a non-snagable loop for confining the neck of an animal or a bird and to thereby suspend such game from the waist line of the hunter.

Another object is to provide an open noosed game hanger with stabilizing hanger legs cooperating with the noose for securing the game thereon to the users waist line belt.

These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from a reading of the following description in the light of the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is an illustration of a hunter having several game carriers embodying the present invention hung from his belt.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a waist belt only having several game carriers of the present invention associated therewith.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a game carrier for carrying a single bird or animal.

FIG. 4 is a section through FIG. 3 taken long line 4--4 thereof illustrating the operation of the game carrier.

Referring to the drawing several forms of the game carrier embodying the present invention are illustrated. FIGURES 3 and 4 illustrate the device of the present invention in its simplest form for carrying a single bird or the like.

The device 10 comprises a single length of rigid wire 11 of approximately inch diameter bent in a particular manner to provide a pair of stabilizing hangers, one 12 and 13 on each side of a medial noose 15 for receiving the neck or the like of dead game. More particularly the single wire 11 is in the form of a letter M. This arrangement is provided by a center U-shaped noose 15 having a half circle bight 16 of desired radius to receive the neck of a particular kind of game. The legs 17 and 18 of the U-shaped noose 15 extend upwardly from the bight 16 and are slightly divergent relative to each other. These legs are preferably about 1 /2 inches long and for heavier game may be slightly longer.

The pair of stabilizing hangers 12 and 13, previously mentioned, are the remaining portions 19 and 20 of the legs 17 and 18, respectively. These leg portions 19 and 20 are bent back upon the respective legs 17 and 18 on an abrupt bight 21 and 22, respectively, each of which is dimensioned to fit over the edge of a conventional leather belt of at least /s inch thickness.

The M-shaped form of the carrier 10 for a single unit of game is further shaped so that the back leg portions 19 and 20 are adapted to lie in a common plane behind the wearers belt While the U-shaped noose 15 projects outwardly from the legs 19 and 20 at a slight angle beyond the same and the outer face of the belt 3 as seen in FIG. 4. In this manner the abrupt bights 21 and 22 are adapted to engage the top of a belt and the back legs 19 and 20 disposed to lie behind the belt to thereby stabilize the entire device 10 relative to the belt. Moreover, since the load "hung in the bight 16 tends to weigh the latter down this causes the bights 21 and 22 to be forced down upon the upper edge of the belt B and assures against accidental removal of the device therefrom.

In addition to the foregoing it will be noted that while the noose 15 is of a size to receive the neck of a dead animal or a bird it is so dimensioned that the skull or head of such game is limited against slipping between the upwardly extending legs 17 and 18 of the U-shaped noose. As seen in FIG. 4 the head of the game is preferably disposed outwardly of the noose so that the neck of the game whether it be bird or animal is disposed between the bigh-t 16 and the outer surface of the adjacent belt. The wire 11 although rigid is yieldable and therefore tends, under the load, to be forced toward the belt B thereby confining the neck of the game well against the belt.

The principle embodied in the foregoing arrangement is equally applicable to units adapted to carry a plurality of units of dead game. This is illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 on the left side of each of which is shown a dual noosed unit 10 for carrying two birds. On the right side of FIGS. 1 and 2 there is illustrated a triple noosed unit 10 by which three birds are being carried.

Referring to the dual noose unit 16" it will be noted that the two outermost legs 19' and 20" of the wire 11' are identical to those of the single unit 16. Each of these back leg units '19 and 20' are adapted to be disposed behind the waist band belt of the user and in com- -bination with the abrupt bights 21 and 22' from which they extend to provide stabilizing hangers 12' and 13 for this unit so as to support and stabilize the medial portion of the dual unit relative to the belt B. The dual noose medial portion of the unit 10' is W shaped in (form. By this arrangement there is provided right and left U-shaped nooses 15R and 15L respectively on either side of an inverted V-shaped middle portion 15V. The legs 27 and 28 of this V-shaped mid portion form one side of the respective nooses 15R and 15L each of which has a bight 16R and 161. adapted to receive the neck of a bird. The opposite leg 17R and 18R 0f the right and left noose 15R and 15L is slightly divergent relative to the inner leg 27 and 28, respectively, of each noose and the inverted mid U formed thereby is so dimensioned that the neck of two units of game may be accommodated therebetween.

In the triple unit carriers 10" the single wire 11" has terminal legs 19" and 21)" extending downwardly from abrupt bights 21" and 22" respectively to form with contiguous legs 17 and 18" respectively the stabilizing hangers 12" and 13 of this triple unit carrier. In this triple unit carrying device 10 there is provided right and left nooses 15R and 15L on the respective sides of a middle noose 15M. Thus it will be seen that the medial portion of this unit 10" is M shaped and that the outer legs 27" and 28" of the M shape are each continuations of the bight portion 16R and 16L of the right and left nooses 15R and 15L, respectively. The middle noose 15M is U shaped and comprises a bight 16M from which a pair of right and left leg portions 37 and 38 extend divergently upward to abrupt bights. 31 and 32, respectively. These upper bights 31 and 32 of the middle noose 15M are continuations of the upper ends of the respective outer legs 27" and 28" of the M shaped middle portion of the unit 10".

By the triple unit arrangement just explained three animals or birds can be carried by inserting the neck of each kill into a respective one of the nooses 15R", 15M and 15L". The heads of the game being on the outside of each noose, the necks thereof are held firmly between the respective bights 16R", 16M and 16L" and the waist line or belt B of the user.

It will be appreciated that the game carriers as described above may be constructed in various weights and sizes for dilferent types of game. For example a much smaller gauged wire bent to provide smaller nooses would be required for doves, quail, pheasant or squirrels. On the other hand for heavier game such as, ducks, geese, rabbits and/or fox the nooses and stabilizing hangers would be of increased dimension and gauge to suit. At all events the same principle is involved in that the nooses protrude slightly beyond the plane in which the back legs lie and the gauge of the wire is such that the load on the noose tends to weight the latter toward the belt upon which the stabilizing hangers are hung to secure the game well against the waist line belt of the user. While I have described my game carrier in specific detail it will be appreciated that the same may be susceptible to changes without departing from the spirit of my invention therein. I therefore desire to avail myself of all modifications, variations and/or alterations therein which fairly come within the purview of the appended claim.

What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is defined in the following claim:

A game carrier comprising a double ended single length of rigid wire having one or more U-shaped central nooses each adapted to receive the neck, leg or the like of game, said U-shaped central nooses each having upwardly diverging leg portions and the outer leg portions of the outermost nooses being bent back downwardly at abrupt upper bights adapted to engage the upper edge of a waistband belt, the terminal ends of the outer leg portions of the outermost nooses being disposed to lie in a common plane between such belt and the body of the wearer thereof, and the several U-shaped nooses and their leg portions protruding forwardly slightly beyond the plane in which said terminal ends lie whereby the load of the game on any one of said nooses tends to weigh the latter toward the belt and the said terminal ends behind the belt against the body of the wearer thereof for stabilizing said central nooses relative to the waist band belt.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 942,390 Wiley Dec. 7, 1909 1,048,280 Bennett Dec. 24, 1912 1,770,914 Diven July 22, 1930 2,320,067 Caughren May 25, 1943 

